Public Confrontations Prompted Pruitt To Switch To First-Class Travel, EPA Says

This doesn't surprise me at all. Given the shrieky self-righteousness on the contemporary left, the love of drama, and the "resistance" tale they love so much, this was actually predictable. (Remember this Sean Spicer thing? And she recorded it! She was proud of it!)

[Drum doesn't buy it. I find it pretty plausible, and I don't think Drum's snarky comment ("Nothing says “public servant” like spending thousands of dollars a year to provide a buffer against the public, amirite?") carries any weight. Pruitt may be lying. But it's not a crazy reason.]